I am currently taking 10 mg of Avrostatin (spell) and have noticed pain in my RT elbow joint. Earlier I had seen an orthopedic physician due to torn ligiments in my shoulder. I visited the ortho specialist for the elbow. I was given a shot in the elbow, but the relief was short lived. In retrospect the pain started after I started taking the statin. I can live with it but it appears that when I stop taking the statin for 2-3 days the elbow gets better. I also notice I have trouble sleeping and have found myself to get very tired in the middle of the day, so much so that I need to lay down. This scenario has not happened to me before in either case previously. I am suspicious of the stain affecting me on several fronts so to speak. I just read a study performed in 2006 on patients taking statins and then stopping taking then and how it can raise LDL and CRP levels in a short time frame. Of course the information does not describe how many mg the patients were taking and where the HDL, LDL and Lippid levels were before taking the statins.